A month ago C Spire was known as Cellular South. However, the company decided to rebrand itself as a “personalized wireless” provider. Announcing that they’re going to carry the iPhone 4S just a few weeks later may mean that the two have some connection.

At the moment, C Spire is offering no firm details on when customers will actually get to buy the phone (there’s a page where you can sign up to get a notification), but one hopes that they wouldn’t make the announcement if the on sale date was too far away.

You may have heard of Cellular South when the AT&T/T-Mobile merger first came to light. The carrier is a big opponent of the merger, citing how it’s already hard enough for local carriers to get hot devices like the iPhone. I wonder if this will harm that argument in any way.

C Sprite is the 8th largest carrier in the U.S., according to Wikipedia, and the largest private carrier. Apparently C Sprite customers love their smartphones as well. How many will abandon Android to get their hands on this new phone on their home carrier?

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This also leads me to wonder if other local carriers will get the iPhone 4S now.

Comments

As a C-Spire customer, I am glad to see the company is able to get the newest iPhone. My main grief with them has been the lack of the latest gadgets. Hopefully, this will lead to more options in the Android world, as I am hooked on my Galaxy S phone, looking for the Bionic or S II to come to C-Spire soon.

I have been with Cellular South/CSpire for 4 years and I own the Galaxy S and love it BUT can’t wait to get my hands on that IPhone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks CSpire I was about to leave to go get the new IPhone. Please hurry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!